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Bishop's Bible

1 Samuel 7:5

And Samuel sayde: Gather all Israel to Mispah, and I wyll praye for you vnto the Lord.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Intercession;   Mizpah;   Repentance;   Revivals;   Samuel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   Awakenings, Religious;   Intercession;   Intercessory Prayer;   Mizpah;   Prayer;   Samuel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prayer, Intercessory;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ebenezer;   Mizpah or Mizpeh;   Philistines;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Mizpah;   Philistia, philistines;   Samuel;   Samuel, books of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Covenant;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Judges, Book of;   Mizpah;   Prayer;   Samuel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Judges, the Book of;   Mizpah;   Prayer;   Samson;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Intercession;   Mizpah, Mizpeh;   Philistines, the;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mizpah, Mizpeh;   Prayer;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Mizpah, Mizpeh ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ebenezer;   Mizpeh;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Mizpah;   Samuel;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ben'jamin, the Tribe of;   Idolatry,;   Sam'uel;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Samuel the Prophet;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intercession;   Judges, Period of;   Mediation;   Mizpah;   Prayer;   Samuel;   Samuel, Books of;   Sorek, Valley of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Confession of Sin;   Media;   Palestine;   Philistines;   Water;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf.”
Hebrew Names Version
Shemu'el said, Gather all Yisra'el to Mitzpah, and I will pray for you to the LORD.
King James Version
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to Yahweh for you."
English Standard Version
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you."
New Century Version
Samuel said, "All Israel must meet at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you."
New English Translation
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf."
Amplified Bible
Samuel said, "Gather all Israel together at Mizpah and I will pray to the LORD for you."
New American Standard Bible
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah and I will pray to the LORD for you."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you vnto the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to Yahweh for you."
Contemporary English Version
Then Samuel said, "Tell everyone in Israel to meet together at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you."
Complete Jewish Bible
Sh'mu'el said, "Gather all Isra'el to Mitzpah, and I will pray for you to Adonai ."
Darby Translation
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray Jehovah for you.
Easy-to-Read Version
Samuel said, "All Israel must meet at Mizpah. I will pray to the Lord for you."
George Lamsa Translation
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel at Mizpeh, and I will pray for you to the LORD.
Good News Translation
Then Samuel called for all the Israelites to meet at Mizpah, telling them, "I will pray to the Lord for you there."
Literal Translation
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to Jehovah for you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Samuel saide: Gather all Israel together vnto Mispa, that I maye praye for you vnto the LORDE.
American Standard Version
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
Then Samuel said, Let all Israel come to Mizpah and I will make prayer to the Lord for you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Samuel said: 'Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.'
King James Version (1611)
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you vnto the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Massephath, and I will pray for you to the Lord.
English Revised Version
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Samuel seide, Gadere ye al Israel in to Masphat, that Y preie the Lord for you.
Young's Literal Translation
and Samuel saith, `Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I pray for you unto Jehovah.'
Update Bible Version
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you to Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you to the LORD.
World English Bible
Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you to Yahweh.
New King James Version
And Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you."
New Living Translation
Then Samuel told them, "Gather all of Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you."
New Life Bible
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel together at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you."
New Revised Standard
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel unto Mizpah, - that I may pray for you, unto Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that I may pray to the Lord for you.
Revised Standard Version
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you."
THE MESSAGE
Next Samuel said, "Get everybody together at Mizpah and I'll pray for you."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah and I will pray to the LORD for you."

Contextual Overview

3 And Samnel spake vnto al the house of Israel, saying: If ye be come agayne vnto the Lorde with all your heartes, then put away the straunge gods and Astaroth from among you, and prepare your heartes vnto the Lord, and serue him onely: For he shall ryd you out of the hand of the Philistines. 4 Then the children of Israel dyd put away Baalim and Astaroth, and serued the Lorde onely. 5 And Samuel sayde: Gather all Israel to Mispah, and I wyll praye for you vnto the Lord. 6 And they gathered together to Mispah, and drewe water, and poured it out before the Lorde, and fasted the same day, and sayd there: We haue sinned against the Lorde. And Samuel iudged the children of Israel in Mispah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gather: Nehemiah 9:1, Joel 2:16

Mizpeh: 1 Samuel 7:12, 1 Samuel 7:16, 1 Samuel 10:17, Joshua 15:38, Judges 20:1, 2 Kings 25:23

I will pray: 1 Samuel 12:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 20:7 - pray Genesis 31:49 - Mizpah Joshua 11:3 - land 1 Samuel 12:19 - Pray for thy 1 Kings 15:22 - Mizpah Jeremiah 40:6 - Mizpah Luke 1:17 - to make

Cross-References

Genesis 6:22
Noah therfore dyd according vnto all that God commaunded hym [euen] so dyd he.
Exodus 39:32
Thus was all the worke of the tabernacle [euen] of the tabernacle of the congregation finished: And the children of Israel did according to al that the lorde commaunded Moyses, euen so did they.
Exodus 40:16
And Moyses dyd accordyng to all that the Lorde commaunded hym, euen so dyd he.
Psalms 119:6
I shall take then no shame: when I haue regarde vnto all thy commaundementes.
Matthew 3:15
Iesus aunsweryng, sayde vnto hym: Suffer it to be so nowe. For thus it becommeth vs, to fulfyll all righteousnes. Then he suffred hym.
Luke 8:21
He aunswered, and sayde vnto them: My mother & my brethren are these, which heare the worde of God, & do it.
John 2:5
His mother sayth vnto the ministers: Whatsoeuer he sayth vnto you, do it.
John 13:17
Yf ye knowe these thynges, happy are ye, yf ye do them.
Philippians 2:8
He humbled hym selfe, made obedient vnto death, euen the death of the crosse.
Hebrews 5:8
Though he were the sonne, yet learned he obediece, by these thinges which he suffred:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Samuel said, gather all Israel to Mizpeh,.... Not Mizpeh in Gilead, on the other side Jordan, but a city which lay on the borders of Judah and Benjamin, where the tribes met on the account of the Levite's concubine, Judges 20:1. This order Samuel gave by messengers sent to the several tribes, or the heads of them, to meet him at this place:

and I will pray for you unto the Lord; no doubt he prayed for them privately, that the reformation begun might be carried on, and appear to be sincere, and hearty, and general, and universal; but he was desirous that they might appear in a body, and join with him in public prayer for their spiritual and temporal welfare; that they might have true repentance for their sins, reform from them, and have remission of them, and be delivered out of the hands of their enemies.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal references. Twenty years of Samuel’s life had passed away since the last mention of him 1 Samuel 4:1. Now he appears in the threefold character of prophet, Judge, and the acknowledged leader of the whole people. His words were an answer to a profession of repentance on the part of Israel, the practical proof of which would be the putting away all their false gods. (Compare Judges 6:10 note.)

Will pray for you ... - So Moses prayed for the people at Rephidim Exodus 17:11-12; and for Miriam Numbers 12:13; so Elijah prayed at Carmel 1 Kings 18:36, 1 Kings 18:42; so Ezra prayed at the evening sacrifice Ezra 9:5; so the High Priest prayed for the house of Israel on the Day of Atonement; and so does our Lord Jesus Christ ever live at God’s right hand to make intercession for us.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 7:5. Gather all Israel to Mizpeh — This appears to have been an armed assembly, though probably collected principally for religious and political purposes; but Samuel knew that an unarmed multitude could not safely be convened in the vicinity of the Philistines.


 
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